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BYU vs Utah — October 9, 1954

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Date	October 9, 1954
Stadium	Y Stadium
Location	Provo, UT
Weather	Clear and cool
Attendance	13,702
BYU Conference	Skyline
Opp Conference	Skyline
BYU Head Coach	Chick Atkinson
Opp Head Coach	Jack Curtice
BYU AP Rank
Opp AP Rank

No game summary available.

Qtr	Time	Team	Scoring Event	BYU	OPP
2	:	UTAH	Herb Nakken 20-yard run	0	6
2	:	UTAH	Herb Nakken 40-yard run	0	12
4	:	BYU	Johnny Velasco 6-yard run	6	12
4	:	BYU	Ken Gomm PAT made	7	12

Statistic	BYU	UTAH
First Downs	13	15
Rushing	9	13
Passing	4	2
Penalty	0	0
Rushing	191	223
Attempts	41	39
Avg per Rush	4.7	5.7
Touchdowns	1	2
Passing	118	56
Cmp-Att-Int	6-14-2	6-14-0
Completion %	42.9	42.9
Yds/Attempt	8.4	4.0
Yds/Catch	19.7	9.3
Touchdowns	0	0
Total Offense	309	279
Plays	55	53
Avg per Play	121.5	60.2
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD	4-68-0	4-42-0
Avg Punt Return	17.0	10.5
Kick Ret-Yds-TD	3-53-0	2-56-0
Avg Kick Return	17.7	28.0
Punting	4-162	4-186
Avg Punt	40.5	46.5
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost	3-1	1-1
Penalties-Yards	1-5	3-35
FG Made-Att	0-	0-
3rd Down Conv	-	-
4th Down Conv	-	-

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Ron Bean	4	7	57.1	97	13.9	0	0	62	173.5	0
Henry West	1	6	16.7	12	2.0	0	2	12	-33.2	0
Gary LaComb	1	1	100.0	9	9.0	0	0	9	175.6	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dick Felt	11	44	4.0	0	0
Don James	6	44	7.3	0	0
Johnny Velasco	6	37	6.2	1	0
Willard Stolworthy	5	25	5.0	0	0
Jim Crittenden	2	13	6.5	0	0
Phil Oyler	4	10	2.5	0	0
Gary LaComb	2	8	4.0	0	0
Henry West	3	6	2.0	0	0
Ron Bean	2	4	2.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Marion Probert	1	62	62.0	0	62
Gary LaComb	1	28	28.0	0	28
Tommy Verbanatz	2	19	9.5	0	0
Ray Neel	1	9	9.0	0	9
Dick Felt	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dick Felt	1	28	28.0	0	28
Phil Oyler	1	22	22.0	0	22
Johnny Velasco	1	3	3.0	0	3

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Gary LaComb	2	41	20.5	0	0
Henry West	1	12	12.0	0	0
Willard Stolworthy	1	5	5.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Phil Oyler	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
Ken Gomm	0	0	0		1	1	0

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Henry West	3	124	41.3	0
Ron Bean	1	38	38.0	38

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Dave Dungan	6	11	54.5	56	5.1	0	0		97.3
Gene Pantuso	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Neil Sorensen	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Herb Nakken	11	81	7.4	2	40
Louis Mele	14	63	4.5	0
Gene Pantuso	5	43	8.6	0
Dave Dungan	5	26	5.2	0
Jed Gibson	1	15	15.0	0	15
Neil Sorensen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Morley	2	-5	-2.5	0	0

Offense

BYU

Pos	Player
LE	Marion Probert
RE	Paul Mendenhall
QB	Henry West
LHB	Phil Oyler
RHB	Dick Felt
FB	Don James
LT	Lonnie Badger
LG	Lyle Heinz
C	Kochevar 55
RG	Clint Taylor
RT	John Cobabe

Utah

Pos	Player
LE	Orville Nellestein
RE	Dave Germann
QB	Dave Dungan
LHB	Max Pierce
RHB	Herb Nakken
FB	Lou Mele
LT	Don Henderson
LG	Lynn Simons
C	Carl Poglajen
RG	Tommy Thompson
RT	Donnie Barr